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Hella 500s Stopped Working

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Old 05-25-2011, 08:29 PM
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What connectors do I need? The wiring seems fine, it's just the 4 pin relay by itself that pops off the female connector with the 4 wires attached to it.

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thought you had a sealed relay - with just wires sticking out.
Old 05-25-2011, 08:56 PM
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Ahh yea, this should be a super easy fix if that's the issue. I'll report back tomorrow. Thanks for all the help so far!
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Glad you're making progress! You'll have this solved in no time...
Old 05-26-2011, 10:41 AM
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To my dismay I replaced the relay and still no luck :(

Should I be getting 12v at the relay on the red wire or any other besides the yellow?
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The red wire should be coming from the + battery terminal, so yes it should be 12 volts.

Here is a description of the Hella wiring...

Lights:
Blue wires to ground on frame
Black wire to relay

Relay:
Red wire to battery + terminal
Black wire to lights
Blue wire to ground on frame
Yellow wire to switch

Switch:
Blue wire to ground on frame
Yellow wire to relay
Green wire to a 12v source. (I connected to the fuse box using a fuse tap.)
Old 05-26-2011, 03:57 PM
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It's a miracle. Finally got it working. Turned out the super cheap fuse connector it comes with somehow went bad, so I cut it out, popped in a new one with a 15 amp fuse and it works. What a pain!

At least it's working now! Thanks for all the help.
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glad to see you got it . figuring things out by remote is frustrating on this end as well



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